| | 7 killed, 2 injured in Gulmarg cable car mishap | | CM grieved, announces Rs 5 lakh ex gratia, orders high level probe | | | SRINAGAR, Jun 25: Seven persons were killed and two others injured at Gulmarg today when a cable car was derailed after it was hit by a tree due to speedy winds.
The deceased included four of a tourist family from New Delhi- a couple and their two daughters. Two local tourist guides and a local tourist were also among the deceased.
Police said it rescued 150 other persons.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed grief over the accident a... |  | |
| | | Encounter at DPS school ends, 2 militants killed, 2 army men including officer injured | | | | SRINAGAR, Jun 25: The encounter between security forces and militants, holed up in a building of Delhi Public School (DPS) ended today with the killing of two militants. Two army personnel including an officer were also injured in the incident.
The two militants had entered the Delhi Public School located close to the Srinagar-Jammu national highway last evening after attacking a CRPF party in the nearby Pantha Chowk, killing one officer and in... | | |
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| Koteranka incident | | Inquiry committee finds motivated protest to create tension | | `Alleged anti-religion statement of SDM; allegations found baseless’ | | | RAJOURI, Jun 25: A committee constituted by District Magistrate, Rajouri in view of conflicting reports about allegations levelled against SDM Koteranka for sensitive remarks and inputs about planned protest to scuttle administrative action with connivance of some officials, today submitted its report indicting many locals for deliberately creating a law and order problem without any facts.
The committee headed by Additional District Magistrat... | | |
| | | Aadhaar not valid document for travel to Nepal, Bhutan | | | | NEW DELHI, Jun 25(Agencies): Aadhaar is not a valid identification document for Indians travelling to Nepal and Bhutan, the Union home ministry has said.
Indians can travel to Nepal and Bhutan--both countries for which they don't need visas--if they possess a valid national passport or election ID card issued by the Election Commission.
Moreover, to ease travel, persons over 65 and below 15 years can show documents with photographs to confirm ... | | |
| | | Declare KPs as IDPs; KHF to Modi in US | | | | WASHINGTON, Jun 25(Agencies): A Kashmiri Hindu group today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to recognise Kashmiri Pandits as internally displaced people and ensure that the property left behind by them in the valley is protected and illegal occupants removed.
“If Kashmiri Hindus lose their temples, houses and property, their ethnic cleansing will become permanent,” Kashmiri Hindu Foundation said in a memorandum submitted to Prime Minister Mod... | | |
| | | India, Pak trade fire in Rajouri | | | | JAMMU, Jun 25: Even on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr Indian and Pakistani troops traded heavy fire on Sunday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district after a ceasefire violation, a defence official said.
The Indian army retaliated strongly and effectively.
Pak troops resorted to firing from automatic weapons and shelling mortars along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district in the morning and then after a lull of... | | |
| | | Vohra is new IIC president | | | | NEW DELHI, Jun 25(Agencies): Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra became the president of the India International Centre (IIC) - a prestigious cultural hub in the national capital - replacing eminent jurist Soli Sorabjee, who stepped down after an intense power struggle.
Sorabjee whose recent re-election as the IIC president was questioned by many life trustees and members of the IIC announced his decision to relinquish the coveted post at the ... | | |
| | | World’s highest rail track survey to commence at Leh | | | | NEW DELHI, Jun 25(Agencies): The Railways will kick off the final location survey of the 498 km long Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line at Leh in Jammu and Kashmir this week. Coming up at a high of 3,300 metres, the strategically important rail project is touted to become the highest rail track in the world, overtaking China's Qinghai Tibet Railway. The all-weather Leh rail network is one of the four important railway connectivities identified by the defe... | | |
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| DySP lynching | | Kashmir policemen asked to avoid Eid prayers in public places | | | | SRINAGAR, Jun 25: Police has asked its personnel to avoid Eid prayers in public places in the wake of recent mob lynching of a Deputy Superintendent of Police outside the Jama Masjid in Srinagar.
Police personnel have been advised to offer prayers in mosques in district police lines or protected mosques.
The advisory has been marked to all police stations, all wings of Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Army’s Chinar Corps, ITBP, SSB, CRPF, BSF and... | | |
| | | No Karvan-e-Aman bus to PAK today | | | | SRINAGAR, Jun 25: Because of the Eid-ul-Fitr, the weekly Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of PAK has been suspended tomorrow.
There will be no peace bus tomorrow, official sources said.
They said a message was received from PAK, “Due to Eid festival the bus service will remain suspended tomorrow.” The next bus would be on July 3, they said.
The passengers from both sides of Line of Control (LoC) travel... | | |
| | Amarnath Yatra | | Mock drill conducted at Pahalgam to meet eventuality | | | | SRINAGAR, Jun 25: A mock drill exercise on disaster management and mitigation in connection with Amarnath Yatra was conducted at Pahalgam today. The pilgrimage is starting from June 29:
An official spokesperson here today said the drill was conducted by the teams of Fire and Emergency Department, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) under the guideline of the Natio... | | |
| | | CRPF pays rich tribute to SI killed in Srinagar attack | | | | SRINAGAR, Jun 25: CRPF today paid rich tributes to its officer, who was killed on Saturday in a militant attack at Pantha Chowk on Srinagar-Jammu national highway.
Official sources here said CRPF paid a befitting tribute to the officer, Sub Inspector Sahab Shukla, who laid down his life yesterday, in a militant attack on CRPF vehicles at Pantha Chowk on Srinagar outskirts.
Tributes to the valour and sacrifice of the late SI were paid in a sol... | | |
| | DPS encounter | | Nefarious design to destroy school buildings: DGP | | | | SRINAGAR, Jun 25: Director General of police (DFP) Dr SP Vaid today said, “Enemy has nefarious designs to destroy school buildings in the valley so that children abandon their studies.”
He was talking to reporters regarding an encounter between militants and security forces in DPS school building at Pantha Chowk. Vaid said his men wanted to ensure minimum collateral damage.
“The staff and whoever was inside the building was evacuated yesterday... | | |
| | | City markets remain crowded on the day of Arafaa | | | | SRINAGAR, Jun 25: Despite being Sunday, markets across city remained abuzz a day before the auspicious occasion of Eid ul Fitr. The shops, stores and all business establishments remained opened on Sunday while a huge rush of people across city streets.
In the business hub of Lal Chowk, not only shops and all business establishments remained opened, a massive footfall was witnessed due to Sunday street market.
Moreover, massive presence of vehi... | | |
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